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JMatthes

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on: Aug 11, 2018
What are founder effects, and what can result from this?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

New World monkeys most likely emerged during the Oligocene epoch.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false


Sophiapenny

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Reply #1 on: Aug 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Founder effects are a type of genetic drift that occurs when a small founding population, which does not possess all of the alleles present in the original population, breaks off. This can result in speciation.

Answer to Question 2

True


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